ZOANN K. SNYDER
Department of Sociology
(269) 387-5278
zoann.snyder@wmich.edu
updated
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (1992) Justice Studies,
American Indian Education in
the Southwest: Issues of Self-Determination and
Local
Control." Doctoral exam areas:
theoretical perspectives of justice; law and
public policy. (Advisor: Marjorie S. Zatz)
M.A. (1987) Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
B.S. (1985) Criminal Justice,
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology,
1998 - Present.
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology,
1992 -1998.
Instructor,
Adjunct Faculty, Division of Social Sciences,
August - December, 1987.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of
Sociology,
August, 1985 - May,
1987.
PUBLICATIONS
Book
Muraskin, Roslyn, Janice Jospeh, Zoann K. Snyder, Susan F. Sharp and
Michelle
Inderbitzin (Forthcoming). Voices from the Inside: Incarcerated Women
Speak
Out.
Refereed Journal Articles
Snyder, Zoann K., Teresa A. Carlo, and Megan M.
Coats (2001). "Parenting from
Prison: An Examination of a Children's Visitation
Program at a Women's Correctional Facility." Marriage & Family Review 32:33-61.
Brush, Paula S., Susan Caulfield, and Zoann
Snyder-Joy (1998). "Seeking a
Social
Justice-Oriented Curriculum: The Role of Curriculum Transformation and
The Importance of
Difference." Contemporary Justice Review 1:297-321.
Schneider, Anne, Laurie Ervin, and Zoann Snyder-Joy
(1996). "Further Explorations of
the Flight From Discretion: The Role of Risk/Need
Instruments in Probation
Supervision Decisions." Journal
of Criminal Justice 24:109-121.
Snyder-Joy, Zoann K. (1994).
"Self-Determination in American Indian Education:
Educators' Perspectives on
Grant, Contract and BIA Administered Schools."
Journal of American Indian Education 54:20-34.
Schneider, Anne L., Zoann Snyder-Joy, and Melanie
Hopper (1993). "Rational and
Symbolic Models of Attitudes
Towards AIDS Policy." Social Science Quarterly
74:349-366.
Non-refereed Article
Snyder-Joy, Zoann K. (1997). "Mom is in Prison
and the Kids are Serving Time: The
Impact of Incarceration on
Book
Chapters
Snyder,
Zoann and Douglas
Davidson (2001). “Race, Ethnicity and Justice Course.”
In D. Cunnigen’s “Teaching Race and Ethnic Relations: Syllabi and
Instructional
Materials.
Snyder, Zoann K. (2000). "Crime and Punishment:
Case Study - Women in Prisons in the
Routledge.
Schneider, Anne, Laurie Ervin, and Zoann Snyder-Joy
(1999). "Further
Exploration of the Flight
From Discretion: The Role of Risk/Need Instruments in
Probation Supervision
Decisions." Revised from Schneider
et al. (1996) and
printed in Steve Brandl,
Carl Pope, and Rick Lovell (eds.). Research
Methods
Reader in Criminal Justice and Criminology: Applications and Issues.
CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company.
Snyder-Joy, Zoann K. and Teresa Carlo (1998).
"Parenting through Prison Walls:
Incarcerated Mothers and
Child Visitation." In Susan Miller
(ed.), Crime
Control and
Women.
Snyder-Joy, Zoann K. (1996).
"Self-Determination and American Indian Justice.
Revised from Hawkins (1995)
and printed in Marianne Nielsen and Robert A.
Silverman (eds.), Native Americans, Crime and Justice.
Press.
Snyder-Joy, Zoann K. (1995).
"Self-Determination and American Indian Justice: Issues
of Tribal versus Federal
Control on Reservations." In
Darnell F. Hawkins (ed.),
Ethnicity, Race, and Crime: Perspectives Across Time and Place.
Palumbo, Dennis J., Mary Clifford, and Zoann K.
Snyder-Joy (1992). "From Net-
Widening to Intermediate
Sanctions: The Transformation of Alternatives to
Incarceration, from
Malevolence to Benevolence." In
James M. Byrne, Arthur
Lurigio, and Joan Petersilia
(eds.), Smart Sentencing: The Emergence
of
Intermediate Sanctions.
Zatz, Marjorie S., Carol Chiago Lujan, and Zoann K.
Snyder-Joy (1991). "American
Indians and Criminal
Justice: Some Conceptual and Methodological
Considerations." In Michael J. Lynch and E. Britt Patterson
(eds.), Race and
Criminal Justice.
Book Reviews
Snyder-Joy, Zoann K. (1994). Book review of Concetta
C. Culliver's (1993) Female
Criminality: The State of the Art. The Criminologist 19:15-16.
Snyder-Joy, Zoann K. (1994). Book review of Petra T.
Shattuck and Jill Norgren's (1991)
Partial
Justice: Federal Indian Law in a Liberal Constitutional System. International
Journal of the Sociology of Law 22:169-171.
Motherhood And Life In
Prison.” In revision for submission to Women
and
Criminal Justice.
Snyder, Zoann K. “Teaching a Sociology Capstone
Seminar,” for submission to either
Teaching Sociology
or for inclusion in an updated version of the American
Sociological Association’s The Capstone Course in Sociology.
Snyder, Zoann K. “What About
Women? The Representation of Women in Media,
Crime, and Violence
Textbooks.” In development for possible
inclusion in
an edited volume about women,
media, and crime.
PROFESSIONAL PAPERS
AND PARTICIPATION
“What About Women? The
Representation of Women in Media, Crime, and Violence
Textbooks,” American Society
of Criminology,
Organizer, presider, and presenter,
“Teaching a Sociology Capstone Seminar,”
Organizer and presider, “The
Sociology of Grief and Grieving,” Midwest Sociological
Society,
“Assessing the Importance of Mother-Child Contact
for Incarcerated Women,”
Sociological Society,
Guest Lecture on Race, Class,
Gender, and the Law, Wayne State College, Wayne, NE,
Participant, “Improving Student
Learning Using Classroom Assessment Techniques,”
National Science
Foundation Chautauqua Short Course, University of
Participant, “Teaching Creative
Thinking to Enhance Critical Thinking,” National
Science Foundation Chautauqua
Short Course,
“Keeping Families Together: The
Importance of Mother-Child Contact for Incarcerated
Women,”
"Family Matters: Assessing the Importance of
Mother-Child Contact for Women
Prisoners," with
Tonya McMillen. Society for the Study of
Social
Problems,
Organizer and presider, "Popular Culture, Media, and
Crime."
Society,
Mother-Child Ties."
Presenter, "Human Subject
Research from a Discipline Perspective." OPPR Workshop,
Balancing the
September 1999.
Presider and discussant,
"Social Constructionism and the Law." Society for the Study of
Social Problems,
"Truth-in-Sentencing and the
Criminalization of Women," with Phoebe Morgan. Society
for the Study of Social
Problems,
“The Truth of Truth-in-Sentencing for Women,” with
Phoebe Morgan Stambaugh.
Guest speaker: “Parenting from Prison: Incarcerated
Mothers and Their Children.”
International
Week,
"Moving Beyond Race: Defining
Diversity for the 21st Century," with Douglas V.
Davidson and Lewis
Walker.
April 1998.
"Redefining Justice for Incarcerated Women and
Their Children: Moving Beyond a Lock
and Key Mentality,"
with Teresa Carlo.
City, MO, April 1998.
"Perspectives on the Effectiveness of Sexual
Offender Legislation in
Teresa Carlo and Megan
Coats. Society for the Study of Social
Problems,
"Parenting from Prison: An Evaluation of a
Children's Visitation Program at a Women's
Correctional Facility,"
with Teresa Carlo and Megan Coats.
Sociological Society,
Organizer, "Recruiting and Retaining
Multicultural Students."
Society,
Chair, "Recruiting and Retaining Multicultural
Students."
"Parenting Through Prison Walls: Incarcerated
Mothers and Child Visitation Program,"
with Teresa Carlo. American Society of Criminology,
1996.
"Mom is in Prison, but the Kids are Serving
Time."
Organizer, "Multicultural Student Recruitment
and Retention."
Society,
Chair, "Multicultural Student Recruitment and
Retention."
Society,
"Reflections on Teaching Multiculturalism in
Criminal Justice," with Susan Caulfield.
American Society of
Criminology,
"Inclusion, Integration, and Understanding: The
Future of Feminist Research."
Sociological Society,
Organizer, "Native Americans and
Crime." American Society of Criminology,
FL, November, 1994.
Chair, "Native Americans and Crime." American Society of Criminology,
November, 1994.
"Teaching Cultural Diversity and Criminal
Justice: Strategies for Curriculum
Transformation," with
Susan Caulfield. American Society of
Criminology,
"Multicultural Populations and Incarceration in
the
Projections for the
Future." Prisons 2000: An
International Conference on the
Chair, "Racism and the Media."
1994.
"Rethinking Race: Unification Problems in
Lewis Walker.
Chair, "Women and Prison." American Society of Criminology,
1993.
Discussant, "Women and Prison." American Society of Criminology,
October, 1993.
Organizer, "American Indians and the Law:
Issues of Crime and Justice."
American
Society of Criminology,
Chair, "American Indians and the Law: Issues of
Crime and Justice." American
Society
of Criminology,
"Self-Determination and Justice: American
Indian Responses to Crime."
American
Society of Criminology,
"Self-Determination in American Indian
Education: Educators' Perspectives on Grant,
Contract, and BIA
Administered Schools."
"The Administration of American Indian Justice:
Tribal vs. Federal Jurisdiction."
American Society of
Criminology,
"The Effectiveness of Quantitative Risk
Assessment Procedures for Determining
Probation and Parole
Supervision Levels," with Laurie Ervin and Anne Schneider.
American Society of Criminology,
"Assessing the Interaction of Race, Sex, and
Class in Public Policy: American Indian
Women and Federal Indian
Policy."
IA, April, 1991.
"The Use of Quantitative Risk/Needs Perception
Instruments in Probation Decision
Making: Implications for
Community Safety," with Anne Schneider and Laurie
Ervin. American Society of Criminology,
"The Inevitability of
Net Widening in Alternatives to Incarceration: Home Arrest and
Electronic Monitoring in
American Society of Criminology,
"The Educational and Occupational Roles of
Native American Women: Exploring
Cultural Diversity and the
American Dream."
Conference,
"Cottage J: An Evaluation of a Treatment
Program for Serious Chronic Juvenile
Offenders." American Society of Criminology,
"Prisonization and Post-Release Adjustment of
Incarcerated Adolescents," with
Osgood. American Society of Criminology,
RESEARCH REPORT
An invited evaluation of Kids Need Moms, a
children's visitation program at the
Crane Women's Facility,
monthly children's visits to a women's prison impact
the parenting abilities of
incarcerated women, and the
mother/child relationship. Completed February,
1997.
Andis Svikis, Attorney at Law,
Levine & Levine, Attorneys at
Law,
AWARDS AND GRANTS
College of Arts & Sciences Teaching and Research
Award, “InterAction’s Alternative
Spring Break,”
College of Arts & Sciences Teaching and Research
Award, “ Participate in Two National
Science Foundation
Chautauqua Short Course Programs,”
University, $500, 2002.
Faculty Development Fund Award,
Center for Teaching and Learning, “Participate in
Two National Science
Foundation Chautauqua Short Course Programs, Western
College of Arts & Sciences Teaching and Research
Award, “Prison Parenting Programs:
Maintaining Mother-Child
Ties,”
Faculty Research and Creative
Scholars Award, “Prison Parenting Programs: Maintaining
Mother-Child Ties,”
Kids Need Moms,
seed money, $1,000,
1996-1997.
Administrative Merit Award, Western Michigan
University, 1997-1998, 1998-
1999, 2000-2001.
College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Appreciation
Award,
in recognition of teaching
and research. 1995-1996, 1996-1997.
Merit Award, Department of Sociology, 1992-1993,
1993-1994, 1994-1995.
Scholarship Award, Sociology Graduate Student
Association,
University, 1995-1996.
Appreciation Award, Sociology Graduate Student
Association,
University,
1995-1996.
Institute on Integrative Studies,
Western Michigan University New Faculty Research
Support Program Grant, titled,
"Probation and Parole
Officers' Perceptions of the Use of Quantitative Risk
Assessment Tools for
Determining Client Supervision Levels," $3,300, 1992-
1993.
Grant, titled, "The
Interaction of Race, Sex, and Class: American Indian
Women and Federal Indian
Policy," $1,225, 1990-1991.
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi,
Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social
Sciences Graduate Studies
Scholarship, 1985.
Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in the Social
Sciences, (
Chapter), Wayne
GRANT APPLICATION
Co-Project Director, “Michigan Adolescent Violence
and Injury Prevention,” grant
Proposal submitted to
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of
Health and Human Services,
with Dr. Kieran Fogarty, February 2004, Unfunded.
Consultant for Abt Associates Inc.,
Study," grant proposal
submitted to the National Institute of Justice.
Unfunded.
Courses Taught
Sociology 260 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
Sociology 362 – Introduction to Criminology
Sociology 363 - Criminal Justice Process
Sociology 365 - Correctional Process
Sociology 480 -
Advanced Sociology
Sociology 563 - Gender and Justice
Sociology 578 - Sociology of Law
Sociology 624 - College Teaching Practicum in
Sociology
Courses
Developed and Taught
Sociology, 495 - Multicultural Diversity and
Criminal Justice, Fall 1994 (with Susan
Caulfield)
Sociology 568 - Race, Ethnicity, and Justice, Fall
1997 (with Doug Davidson).
Originally created and
taught as Multiculturalism and Justice, Fall 1995 (with
Doug Davidson)
Sociology 590 - Media and Crime, Fall 1999, Spring 2004
Undergraduate
supervision
Sociology 598 – Directed
Individual Study
Christine Christian -
Completed Winter 1994
Jil Matimore - Completed
Winter 1999
Timothy Osborne – Completed
Winter 1994
Jacqueline Wells – Completed
Winter 1995
Honors 499 –
Shawn Eyestone, Chair –
Completed Winter 1997
Nikki Kotts, Chair –
Completed Fall 2000
Gregory Leitz, Member –
Completed Winter 1993
Graduate
Supervision
Sociology 598 - Directed
Individual Study
Tonya McMillen - Completed Summer 1999
Sociology 710 – Independent Research
Lynette Adams -
Completed Summer 1995
Jaime McCrank -
Completed Winter 2000
Tonya McMillen -
Completed Summer 2000
Janine Ralston –
Completed Winter 2000
Sociology 735 – Graduate
Research
Teresa Carlo - Completed
Summer 1997 & Winter 1998
Angela Evans - Completed
Fall 1998
Jason Jagemann -
Completed Winter 1998
Master’s Thesis – Chair
Amy Iseler – in progress
Ladel Lewis – in
progress
Emily Lenning –
Completed June, 2004
Tonya McMillen – in
progress
Janine Ralston –
Completed April 2001
Angela Turner –
Completed June 2003
Tonia Williams – in
progress
Doctoral Dissertation - Member
Angela Evans - Completed
June 2000
William Hinkle – Completed
May 1995
Jack Michael Green (Political
Science) – in progress
Dawn Hinton - Completed
June 1998
Jason Jagemann
(Political Science) - Completed May 2000
Shauntey James - Completed
December 1999
Lori McNeill - Completed
July 2000
Matt Mullins - Completed
June 1998
Master’s Thesis – Member
Diana Cleaver –
Completed June 1996
Megan Coats - Completed
May 1998
Angela Evans – Completed
June 1996
Cathy Gordon - Completed
March 1999
Linda Moffett –
Completed December 2000
Kimberly Salow -
Completed April 1998
Matthew Schmid -
Completed March 2000
Jan Urbina - Completed July
1999
RESEARCH TRAINING AND
EXPERIENCE
Research Associate, Commission on the Status of
Women,
Data analysis of hiring,
promotion, and tenure for women at
November, 1991 - June,
1992.
Graduate Research Associate, Anne Schneider, Dean,
College of Public Programs,
probation/parole decisions.
September, 1989 - November, 1991.
Graduate Research Associate to Dennis Palumbo,
of the Arizona Department of Corrections. August, 1989 - December, 1989.
Research Assistant, Director's Office,
prisons. June, 1989 - August, 1989.
Research Assistant, Juvenile and Community Services,
Arizona Department of
Corrections,
Graduate Research Associate to Marjorie Zatz and
Dennis Palumbo,
Studies,
legislation, and home
arrest and electronic monitoring.
August, 1988 - May,
1989.
Project Coordinator and researcher, Grounds and
Maintenance Department, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln. Bi-annual report of employee opinions and
attitudes. June,
1988 - July, 1988.
Graduate Research Assistant to Wayne Osgood,
Department of Sociology, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln. Longitudinal analysis of persons released
from juvenile
institutions. January, 1988 - July, 1988.
Project Coordinator and researcher, Grounds and
Maintenance Department, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln.
Bi-annual report of employee opinions
and attitudes. June,
1986 - July, 1986.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Association of University Professors,
1992-present
American Association of University Women, 1996-2000
American Society of Criminology, 1988-1997
Midwest Sociological Society, 1991-present
Phi Kappa Phi, 1992-present
Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1992-1994,
1997-2000
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION
ACTIVITIES
Treasurer-Designate,
Chair, Finance Committee,
Chair, Endowment Committee,
Ex officio member, Future Sites Committee, Midwest
Sociological Society, 2003-
present.
Ex officio member, Long Range Planning
Committee, Midwest Sociological Society,
2001-present.
Member, Endowment Committee,
Coordinator, Student Paper
Competition,
Co-editor, The DivisioNews, Division of Women
and Crime, American Society of
Criminology, 1994-1997.
Member, Fellows Committee, American Society of
Criminology, 1995-1996.
Chair, ASC Awards Committee, Division of Women and
Crime, American Society of
Criminology, 1995-1996.
Member, Minority Scholars Committee,
Member, Awards Committee, Division of Women and
Crime, American Society of
Criminology, 1994-1995.
Member, Awards Committee, Division of Critical
Criminology, American Society of
Criminology,
1994-1995, 1995-1996.
Member, Nominations/Election Committee, Division on
Crime and Delinquency, Society
for
the Study of Social Problems, 1992-1993, 1993-1994.
Invited Juror, North Central Sociological Association
Student Paper Competition, 1994-
1995.
Reviewer, Prentice Hall, 1995-present.
Reviewer, State University of New York Press,
1994-present.
Reviewer, West Educational Publishing, 1994-present.
DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES
Director, Graduate Studies,
Department of Sociology,
1999-2002.
Member, Executive Council, Department of Sociology,
1995-1997.
Member, Central Graduate Committee, Department of
Sociology,
University,
1993-1994, 1996-2002.
Member, Central Undergraduate Committee, Department
of Sociology, Western
Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of
Sociology,
University, 2000-2002.
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of
Sociology,
University, 1998-2000.
Member, Criminology Committee, Department of
Sociology,
University, 1992-present.
Chair, Criminology Area Exam Committee, Department
of Sociology,
University,
1996-1997.
Member, Criminology Area Exam Committee, Department
of Sociology, Western
Chair, Feminism Area Exam Committee, Department of
Sociology,
University, 1997-1998.
Member, Feminism Area Exam Committee, Department of
Sociology, Western
Member, Race and Ethnic Relations Area Exam
Committee, Department of Sociology,
Western Michigan University,
1995-present.
Member, Sociology of Education Committee, Department
of Sociology, Western
Member, Ad Hoc Sociology Student Enrichment Fund
Committee, Department of
Sociology, 2000-20001.
Member, Department Policy Statement Review Committee,
Department of Sociology,
Western Michigan University,
1996-1998.
Member, Merit Committee, Department of Sociology,
1994-1995.
Member, Medical Sociology
Recruitment Committee, Department of Sociology,
Western Michigan
University, 1998-1999.
Member, Ad Hoc International Recruitment Committee,
Department of Sociology,
Western
Michigan University, 1994-1995.
Faculty Advisor,
Justice Honor Society,
1995-2000.
Faculty Advisor,
1993-1996 (with Susan
Caulfield 1993-1994 and Susan Carlson 1995-1996).
UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
Member, Human Subjects Institutional Review Board,
1998-2001.
Prisoner Consultant, Human Subjects Institutional
Review Board,
University, 2001-present.
Member,
Western Michigan
University, 2002-2003, 2003-2004.
Member, Professional Concerns Committee, Faculty
Senate,
University, 1993-1996.
AAUP Association Council, Department of Sociology
Representative,
University,
1996-1998.
Faculty
Arts
and Sciences, Western Michigan University, 1996-1997.
Representative for Sociology Department at the WMU
Graduate Program Open House,
Guest speaker and workshop coordinator,
"Seminar in
of Race and
Gender." Institute for the Study of
Race and Ethnic Relations,
Session Chair, American Indian Family and Tribal
Community Conference, Western
Co-coordinator (with Susan Caulfield), Annual
Criminal Justice Career Fair, Western
Department of Sociology asSOCiation presentation on
careers in criminology. October
11, 2004.
Department of Sociology Graduate Student Association
presentation, “ CATs in the
classroom: Enhancing student
performance with classroom assessment
techniques.”
Department of Sociology's Leonard C. Kercher
Symposia Series, "Multicultural
Populations
and Incarceration: The
Department of Sociology's Leonard C. Kercher
Symposia Series, "Trying to 'Win' a
Position in the Academic
Marketplace," with
Department of Sociology's Leonard C. Kercher
Symposia Series, "Indian Justice: Federal
or Tribal Control,"
Co-organizer (with Leander Jones): "Bobby Gore
Seminar on the Vice Lords and Gang
Activity," Department
of Sociology and Black
Criminal Justice Program representative, Recruitment
Meeting and Luncheon, Division
of Intercollegiate
Athletics,
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Stephen Ministry Leader, Portage United Church of
Christ, Portage, MI, 2001-present.
Board Member, United Campus Ministry, Kalamazoo, MI,
2003-present.
Volunteer, Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity,
Member, Board of Directors, JustUs House, May,
1994-1997.
Coordinator,
mentoring program for at-risk
students at
Guest speaker: "American Indian Women and
Cultural Diversity." Volunteer
training
session,
YWCA Sexual Assault Program,
Invited participant, stakeholder group meeting for
the Michigan Justice Project, "Charting
the
Course for Michigan Justice,"
Guest, BBC Radio
Prisons,"
Guest, Channel 41 News, "Class Discussions of
Rodney King Civil Rights Trial," April
15, 1993.
Guest, WWMT's
Guest, Open Line, "Racism and Fear of
Interracial Violence in Society,"
Cable Access,
Guest, Open Line, "Aftermath of
Guest Interview,
Guest Interview, Kalamazoo Gazette, "Profs:
Simpson Case was an Anomaly," October
4, 1995.
Guest Interview, Associated Press,
18, 1995.
Guest Interview,
Price,"
Guest, WBCK News, "Response to O.J. Simpson's
Acquittal,"
Guest, WKZO News, "Attitudes Toward Prisoners
and Prisoners' Rights,"
Guest, WMUK Focus, "Alternatives to
Incarceration,"
Guest Interview, NEWS/CALL,
“Drop
in Serious Crime Offers Little to Celebrate,”
Guest Interview, NEWS/CALL,
"Decreasing Crime
Rates, yet Rising Prison Rates,"
Guest Interview, NEWS/CALL,
Prisons
Not the Solution,"
Guest Interview, NEWS/CALL,
Already Full to
Capacity,"